sockette
The cutest little WebSocket wrapper! 🧦 (by lukeed)
ws
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested WebSocket client and server for Node.js (by websockets)
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| sockette | ws | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 | |
| 2,421 | 21,060 | |
| - | 1.2% | |
| 4.2 | 7.9 | |
| 3 months ago | 3 days ago | |
| JavaScript | JavaScript | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
sockette
Posts with mentions or reviews of sockette.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-07.
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Top WebSocket libraries for Node.js in 2022
Sockette is a WebSocket wrapper that allows you to reuse instances without having to declare all event listeners multiple times. Sockette is a very lightweight library, just about 367 bytes according to the GitHub page. If a connection is lost, Sockette automatically reconnects.
ws
Posts with mentions or reviews of ws.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-26.
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Setting up a WebSocket server in Node.js
Before setting up a WebSocket server in Node.js, we need to install the necessary dependencies. Fortunately, Node.js has a vibrant ecosystem with various WebSocket libraries available. In this article, we will focus on using the popular ws library, which provides a simple and efficient WebSocket implementation for Node.js.
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8 Best WebSocket Libraries For Node
WS has a user base of 17.7 million people and over 20,000 forks. It also has clear and concise documentation, with examples and API references, to help developers understand how to integrate it into their projects.
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WebSockets 101
In order to implement websockets, you can use a nodejs library named ws. It provides a fast and simple way to establish a websocket connection.
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Is there anyway to auto reload the browser page when using express?
Next, you can use a library like chokidar to listen for changes in your source directory. Create a ws server, and whenever a file changes, send a message.
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Is my health check endpoint good enough?
I use redis, sequelize and PG Listen/Notify via Robust Listeners with a websocket server coded in ws
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7 Useful JavaScript Libraries To Build a Real-Time Web App
With over 19k stars on GitHub and about 60 million weekly downloads on npm, ws is one of the most popular open-source libraries for real-time web application development
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Nest JS Websockets - Basics
Nest supports 2 websocket platforms - socket.io and ws. We're going to be using socket.io.
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Render.com and Websocket: Connection randomly being closed after 5-ish minutes?
I'm trying out Render.com as a potential replacement for Heroku to host and run my code, which uses Node, Express, and the ws package to connect a game made on Godot Engine and the webapp, using a Websocket connection. However, when I migrated the code over, I've noticed that the game lasts barely a quarter of the way before the server aborts the Websocket connection for literally no reason. I'm serious, it's what the log says:
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Quick introduction to WebSockets with Node.js
If you want to learn more about WebSockets, check out the official documentation.
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5 enhancements that will boost your Node.js app
Making use of Web Sockets to improve server communication.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing sockette and ws you can also consider the following projects:
SocketCluster - Highly scalable realtime pub/sub and RPC framework
fastify-websocket - basic websocket support for fastify
socket.io-client - Realtime application framework (client)
uWebSockets.js - μWebSockets for Node.js back-ends :metal:
SockJS - WebSocket emulation - Node.js server
Socket.io - Realtime application framework (Node.JS server)
redux-toolkit - The official, opinionated, batteries-included toolset for efficient Redux development
graphql-ws - Coherent, zero-dependency, lazy, simple, GraphQL over WebSocket Protocol compliant server and client.
Passport - Simple, unobtrusive authentication for Node.js.
subscriptions-transport-ws - :arrows_clockwise: A WebSocket client + server for GraphQL subscriptions
Gatsby - The best React-based framework with performance, scalability and security built in.